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Rare is allegedly digging into its past to bring us Jetpac Refuelled.

By Douglass C. Perry

One thing we like about Microsoft: It just can't keep a secret. First, the German site Xbox-archive reported that the USK (the German version of the ESRB) posted information on Rare's upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game, Jetpac Refuelled. Now, multiple sites including Spanish gaming site, Meristation and CheapAssGamer have provided more details.

First, The USK labeled "Jetpac Refuelled" on its site with this information: Jetpac Refuelled; Publisher: Microsoft EPDC; Genre: Shoot' em Up; Subgenre: Arcade; Age: 6 Years and up; Certified: 06.02.2007). Microsoft wouldn't comment on this information, but the USK doesn't discriminate; it just posts information on upcoming games.

Today, new "unofficial" information sprung loose. Jetpac Refuelled, which looks to be an homage of sorts to the 1983 Classic Jetpac, may sell for 800 Microsoft Points and weigh in at about 21 MB. In the game itself, an astronaut must reconstruct his spaceship by collecting fragments scattered across the landscape and refuel his ship in order to get off the dangerous planet. The original game offered up 16 levels, but Rare looks to have added dozens more for the Xbox 360 version, giving us a possible 128 levels. Online play is still in the works. The game also allegedly offers 12 achievements, one of which is "viral," like the achievement first offered in Small Arms.

When contacted, a Microsoft representative said: "This is still not officially confirmed by Microsoft. Any reports you read are 'rumors and speculation.' The info in that Spanish article may be correct, but none of it has been substantiated by Microsoft."